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Artist: Marisa Monte
Canonical path: /marisa-monte/bess-you-is-my-woman-now
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Bess, You Is My Woman Now!
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Bess, You Is My Woman Now!
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PORGY
Bless, you is my woman now!
You is! You is!
An' you mus! laugh an' sing
an' dance for two
instead of one
Want no wrinkle on yo!
brow, no- how.
Because de sorrow
of the past
is all done done
Oh, Bess, my Bess,
de real happiness
is jes' begun!
BESS
Porgy, I's yo' woman now!
I is, I is!
An' I ain' never goin' nowhere
less you shares de fun
Dere's no wrinkle
on my brow, no-how
But I ain' goin'!
You hear me sayin'
If you-ain' goin' ,
wid you l'm stayin'.
Porgy, I's yo' woman now,
I's yours forever
Mornin' time an' evenin' time
an' summer time an' winter time
PORGY
Mornin' time an' evenin' time
an' summer time an' winter time
Bess, you got yo' man!
Bess, you is my woman
now an' forever
Dis life is jes' begun
Bess we two is one
now an' forever
Oh Bess, don' min'
dose women
You got yo' Porgy
you loves yo' Porgy
I knows you means it,
I seen it in yo' eyes, Bess
We'll go swingin'
through de years a-singin'
Hmmm... Momin' time
an' evenin' time
an' summer time an' winter time
My Bess, My Bess,
from dis minute I'm tellin' you
I keep dis vow, oh my Bessie
We's happy now
We is one now
BESS
Porgy, I's yo woman now!
I is! I is!
An' I ain' never
goin' nowhere'
less you shares the fun
Dere's no wrinkle
on my brown, no-how
But I ain'goin'!
You hear me sayin'
If You ain goin',
wid you I'm stayn'.
Porgy I's yo woman now!
I's yours forever
Mornin'time an' evenin'timean' summer time
an' winter time
Oh my Porgy, my man Porgy
From dis minute
I'm tellin' you,
I keep dis vow, Porgy
I's yo' woman now
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